With advanced searching, you can do a complex, focused keyword
search, combining several search terms and selecting a search field for
each one. You do not need to know any special commands to do advanced
searching.

Connecting Search Terms (Operators)

You can combine search terms with the following connector
words (also called logical operators, or Boolean operators):

• And
- Search results must match the search text before And, and the search text after And.

Example:A search for Subject: planets And Author: Asimov finds only
the works written by Asimov about planets. Any works about planets by
other writers and any works by Asimov about other subjects are not found.

• Or -
Search results can match the search text before Or, the search text after Or,
or both search terms.

Example:The search Any field: planets Or Author: Asimov finds all
works written by Asimov, as well as all works containing the word planets
in any search field regardless of the author.

• Not
- Search results must match the search text before Not, but must not include the search text
after Not.

Example:
A search that specifies Any field: planets Not Author: Asimov finds works
containing the word planets in any search field, except works by Asimov.

Typing Search Text - Advanced Searches

• Case, spaces, punctuation
- Letter case, multiple spaces, and punctuation are ignored. Omit hyphens
in numbers. However, you can include the following characters if they
immediately precede or follow a letter or number (no space between):
+ # % $

• Multiple words
- If you type multiple words in the box, the search usually looks for
all the words you entered (Keyword ALL
search). However, your library may offer a list of options next to each
text box, where you can choose how multiple words should be handled.
The table shows the access points for each option, and the effect on
search results:

Option

Access Points

Search Effect

Keyword (ALL)

AU, GENRE, KW (Any Field), NOTE,
PUB, SE, SU, TI

All of the keywords in the search
term must exist.

Keyword (ANY)

AU, GENRE, KW (Any Field), NOTE,
PUB, SE, SU, TI

Any one of the keywords in the
search term must exist.

Phrase (ADJ)

AU, GENRE, KW (Any Field), NOTE,
PUB, SE, SU, TI

All of the keywords in the search
term must exist, and must be adjacent to each other in the order specified
in the search term.

Exact (==)

AU, CODEN, ISBN, ISSN, LCCN, PN,
SE, STRN, SU, SUDOC, TI

The search term must be an exact
match.

• Wildcard characters
- You can type a part of a word and use a wildcard character. The wildcard character asterisk (*) represents the rest of the word. For
example, if you type King*, the results
include words such as King, Kingsley, and Kingford.
The question mark (?) represents exactly one character.
For example, wom?n finds woman and women.
If the question mark occurs at the end of a word, it does not act as
a wildcard character, so you can find titles like what
color is your parachute? Also, if you type a backslash character
\ before any wildcard character, the
wildcard character is treated as text.

Note:For the number fields CODEN,
ISBN, ISSN,
Publisher No., STRN,
and SuDoc, enter the complete number
for best results.

Do an advanced search

Follow these steps to do an advanced search.

1. Select Advanced on the Search
menu.

The Advanced search bar appears.

2. Click the first
Find Any field arrow symbol, and select
a search field from the list.

Note:If you type one of these operators in a search term box, it
is treated as search text, not as an operator.

5. Click the second
Any field arrow symbol, select a search
field from the list, and type the second term in the empty box next to
the second field.

You can click Clear
to clear your search terms and start again.

6. If you want
to add more search terms, repeat steps 2-5.

As you add search terms, the bar at the top of
the page displays your search command. The terms you entered are displayed
in normal type. The search commands, operators, and punctuation that
the program creates are displayed in bold type.

When the search is launched, the operators will
be processed according to the following order of precedence (lower values
take precedence over higher values):

• AND = 1

• OR = 2

• NOT = 3

The search bar at the top of the page shows the
order of precedence by placing nesting parentheses where appropriate.
Terms within parentheses are processed first.

Tip:If you leave a text entry box empty, the operator and search
field associated with the text box are ignored. As you construct your
search, the form shows the active boxes in a contrasting color.

7. To add another
set of search terms, follow these steps:

a) Click Add or exclude another set of search terms.

The plus sign next to this link changes to a minus
sign, and the page expands to display another set of four search fields.
(You can click the minus sign to collapse the page again.)

b) By the Add or exclude link, select an operator (And, Or,
Not) to connect the two sets of search
terms.

c) Type the
second set of search terms.

As you type, you see your search command in the
bar at the top of the page. Your search command cannot be greater than
1,000 characters total.

When the search starts, terms in the top portion
are placed in parentheses and processed in order of precedence (see step
6), the terms in the bottom portion are placed in parentheses and processed
in order of precedence, then the top and bottom sections are combined
according to the operator that separates them.

8. To limit your search, click the arrow symbol in the
Limit by box, and select an option
from the list. Example: If you want to find only DVDs, select DVD in the Limit by
list.

Note:Your library may provide a digital collection that you can search and access
online in the same way that you search for other materials. Materials
in the collection may include images, video clips, sound files, and text
files. If you want to restrict your search results to digital collection
materials, select Digital Collection
in the Limit by box.

9. If you want
to set additional limits, follow these steps:

a) Click Open Search Options.

b) Select the
settings you want.

To select several consecutive items in a list,
hold down the SHIFT key as you select
the items. To select several items that are not listed together, hold
down the CTRL key as you select the
items. You can also exclude items from a search. Select them from the
appropriate list, and click the Exclude
box below the list.

Note:Detailed material types are defined by the library for the
physical items the library owns. The formats in the Limit
by box on the search bar refer to general formats and types
of materials associated with title entries in the catalog. You can limit
a search by format or detailed material type, but not both. If you selected
a format in the Limit by box when you
set up your search, your format choice is canceled when you set a material
type.

c) Click Set Search Options, and click Close to close the options window.

The search bar displays a highlighted message that
options have been set. To change them, click the Change
link in the highlighted Options have been set
message, set new values and click Set Search Options.
Then do a new search.

To reset the search options to their original values,
click the Reset link in the highlighted
Options have been set message. The
search is done again, using the original values.

Important: Search options retain their settings until you reset them
or go to the home page. The highlighted message Options
have been set on the search bar indicates that search options
are set to values different from the default values.

10. To search
a database other than the library’s catalog, or select multiple
databases to search: